Herd and individual animal prevalence of bovine brucellosis with associated risk factors on dairy farms in Haryana and Punjab in India

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1313-1319

  Chand, Puran ^a   Chhabra, Rajesh ^a  

^a LALA LAJPAT RAI UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Bovine brucellosis; Dairy farms; Herd prevalence; India; Individual animal prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ROSE BENGAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DAIRYING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROSE BENGAL; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84880131386     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-013-0362-y     Document Type: Article

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